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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.7 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 315 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PGwineloversf on 4/20/2024 & rated 93 points: Still remarkably drinkable out of the bottle. It opened up considerably in the glass. Was it possibly better a couple of years ago? Maybe.
(47 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 1/1/2024 & rated 94 points: Continues to drink beautifully! Nose with layers of rich blackberry and cassis fruit with spice and chocolate notes finishing with resolving tannins and lovely concentration. (410 views) | | | Tasted by jusdavi on 11/25/2023 & rated 93 points: good amount of sediment, rounded out and still some fruit. drink up as on the way down (429 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 11/5/2023 & rated 93 points: Deep color. Black cherries, blackberries, licorice, and chocolate with hints of minerality in the nose. Black cherries, black currants and plums in the flavor. Nice complexity, well balanced, full bodied and a long finish. (511 views) | | | Tasted by Kavine on 3/30/2023 & rated 94 points: Aired for 2 hours, then a decant for an hour before sipping. Really is a rounded, soft long finish wine. No minerals, worked splendidly with Peking duck, charsui and a Canto meal. Aged very nicely and don’t think we need to wait more. (896 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 3/25/2023 & rated 94 points: Thick, ripe and chocolaty, yet has adequate acidity and well preserved structure. Focused flavors and long length. Delicious finish. (866 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 8/12/2022 & rated 94 points: Nice color at 18 years old. Blackberries, black currants, coffee, licorice, and hints of floral and minerality in the nose. Rich concentrated fruit in the flavor, black currants, black cherries, plums, blackberries, and chocolate. Nice complexity, well balanced, and a smooth medium to long finish. (1404 views) | | | Tasted by Wrighty on 5/29/2022 & rated 91 points: Deep, dark colour. Not showing its age. Cherry and hints of tobacco on the nose. Palate is still tight, very fine tannins and some acidity. Should last a fair few more years. (1422 views) | | | Tasted by pgm on 6/28/2021 & rated 95 points: This is still drinking great, youngish, powerful, packed with rich black berries, black cherry, and currant notes. Sweet tobacco notes. Surprisingly juicy on the finish (not to say that it's sharp or exactly "bright" acidity, just that it's more than you might expect from a wine this rich). Good for at least another 5 years, but probably more. (2372 views) | | | Tasted by J @ y H @ c k on 3/21/2021 & rated 93 points: Bought from Michel Aboobooboo 8-10 years ago when his palate changed and he decided he liked wimpy wines instead. Still a tannic monster at it approaches leaving its teen years. I used the Durand because of the age but the cork was tight, in perfect condition, and at most 1 mm of wine infusion. Decanted an hour in advance. This bottle has been sitting in the same spot, label up, for about 7 years and there was a lot of sediment stuck to the side, so decant carefully.
Color was dark and impenetrable with no sign of age. I was expecting cherry, but the fruit was notably plum. Fresh plum, not prune-ish at all. My son and I both noted a bit of madeira aroma on the nose when we poured it into the glass after the decant, but it disappeared and did not affect the palate. Seemed odd in light of the decant. The palate was dark fruit, mainly plum with a bit of dark berry. Reported to be a Bordeaux blend (I could not find a 2004 tech sheet but the 2015 is 80% Cab/17%Merlot/3% Petite Verdot), but none of either the horsiness or the leather of a Bordeaux blend of the same age. This was fruit driven without being jammy, easy to drink and velvety smooth (merlot?) despite the fierce tannin (cabernet), and a very light roasted component (the petite verdot?). There was a very light floral component to it. I would say the acidity was higher than everage, but not excessive. Finish was long and the flavor stayed in the mouth well after swallowing. I have one more and based upon the tannin, I think I'll wait 5 years. (2073 views) | | | Tasted by levinml on 12/20/2020 & rated 91 points: Still not sure what to make of this. No way this is at the end of its window in 2020. Still tannic as hell and hurts my mouth after half a glass. May wind up being outstanding in another 5 years, unless of course the fruit fades and it's all tannin. Obviously big boy, but something off given the window. (2027 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 11/6/2020 & rated 92 points: Dark garnet colored, medium full bodied, nicely balanced with well integrated bright vibrant ripe black cherry and black berry fruits with sprites of cherry cola, notes of vanilla, sweet oak, creme de cassis and spice with slight astringent bright acidity, moderate tangy tannins on the lingering finish.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/11/birthyear-vintage-wine-for-family.html (1777 views) | | | Tasted by Big Dog E on 3/25/2020 & rated 94 points: Old world style California cab. Definitely has a lot left. Delicious. Bordeaux nose nut just a bit more brightness that lets you know it’s Cali. Thick mouthfeel, long on the swallow (2166 views) | | | Tasted by travelme on 8/10/2019 & rated 92 points: Wineismylife nailed the notes although we differed a bit on the score. Great bottle and I hope to finish my last bottle by years end. (2157 views) | | | Tasted by srh on 6/28/2019: Friday Tasting Group: "Killer Bar" (#03 for me): "New World" Theme (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): Supposedly 95% C.S. & 5% Merlot, typically from mtn vyds
N: Smoky berries with notes of choc
P: Med, poss MF, body; NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which does QUITE resolve by the balanced finish with ULT a refined, pleasant, bitter/swtness to the dusty tannins; For now (if one can deal with the brief, mid-P structure) & the ff 4 yrs or so. 14.1% ABV; My EXC/EXC+. 94 pts WA (4/'14), 92 Vinous (Tanzer), and 91 ea RJonWine & WS. (2257 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 3/6/2019 & rated 93 points: WIML93
Tasted non blind.
Dark garnet to purple color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of tobacco, plum and black cherries. Flavors of boysenberry, plum and black cherry. Medium acidity, medium tannin, full bodied. Drink over the short term. (2454 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 1/12/2019 & rated 93 points: Big rich with lots of plum, dark fruit and some cocoa notes (2258 views) | | | Tasted by pgm on 1/2/2019 & rated 96 points: I just spent half an hour just smelling it before I tasted. Huge licorice notes, cocoa, perfumey wood smoke, and loads of blackberry compote and spiced plum fruit. In the mouth, it’s still remarkably young and powerful, considering that it’s a 14-year-old cab that was predicted for early drinking by many. Nothing old or pruned about it. Long, powerful, but surprisingly balanced and pretty finish. Not quite the monster it was on release, but it’s big in perhaps even better ways. Like it better than the 2000 Chateau Pavie we had a couple nights ago. (2098 views) | | | Tasted by winejnky on 12/25/2018 & rated 95 points: Wow, everything you could ever want in a mature Cabernet blend; silky smooth, mouth-wateringly good black currant, strawberry and cherry flavors, plus enough tannin and oak to lift this one on the finish but didn’t get in the way at all. Fantastic wine! From 1.5L and not decanted, didn’t need it. (1488 views) | | | Tasted by GlenviewGSW on 11/11/2018 & rated 94 points: Still drinking well. Fresh and vibrant with good acidity and structure. Redolent in dark berries, underbrush With sage notes. Refined and nuanced. Well done. (1569 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Lin on 11/4/2018 & rated 88 points: Drinks like a young Bordeaux, which is fine ... if I wanted Bordeaux. But I didn't. I wanted a big Napa red. Notes of red currents, blackberries, sweet tobacco, cedar, and spice. (1508 views) | | | Tasted by winejnky on 8/10/2018 & rated 93 points: Still going strong, this bottle was in really great shape. Robust cherry-berry fruit wrapped up with moderate tannins and some oak at the finish, nice and smooth with enough edge to get your attention. Lovely! (1584 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 5/28/2018 & rated 94 points: Nose: Blackberry, Cassis, Plum, Sweet Oak, Graphite and Smoke. Some additional notes of herbs and grilled meat. Palate: Dense, but opening to show its layers of black fruit, dark raspberry, oak, grilled herbs and minerals. Finish: Studly finish that is so long and dark, but allows mineral, herb and cocoa notes to show nicely.
Similar to my tasting in 2016, but from Magnum and not quite as evolved. This is going to be a very long lived wine that has evolved nicely in 14 yrs. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 12/15/2017 & rated 93 points: Drank nicely after an hour decant. Classic old-school claret. The fruit was not too sweet in this vintage. (2639 views) | | | Tasted by winejnky on 12/10/2017 & rated 92 points: We love this wine, great Cabernet blend. Robust and nuanced, loaded with fruit but plenty of structure and wonderfully balanced. That said, this bottle is not quite up to the past few we have had, it was starting to show some age. Decanted two hours. (2542 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
(Robert Foley Vineyards Claret Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/21/2007)
(Robert Foley Claret) Deep black cherry, boysenberry, sweet plum nose; rich, concentrated sweet plum, cherry palate, tight yet, lacks acidity, soft, sweet tannins; medium finish 91 points |
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| Robert Foley Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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